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ters, and along the belly to the shoulders. This distribu- 

 tion of the light and dark colors has remained essentially 

 the same, but the light red gradually turned to dark red, 

 then to brindle and finally to black. The later bred ani- 

 mals are all black and white. But the calves, when first 

 dropped, are still red and white, the red changing to 

 black when the first coat of hair is shed. This is proba- 

 bly one of the most remarkable cases of inbreeding on 

 record, as the breed is also one of the most remarkable. 

 All who have tried this stock are remarkably well pleased 

 with it, and calves readily sell for $100 a head with a 

 demand gi eater than the supply and this without any 

 newspaper advertising. The breed is endorsed by Mr. 

 Lewis F. Allen, former editor of the Shorthorn Herd- 

 Book, and author of a work on cattle that stands second 

 to none as authority. This endorsement has appeared in 

 print over Mr. Allen's signature, as have the favorable 

 opinions of many other good judges. In the latest edi- 

 tion of his book on the Cattle of America, he says : 



u I never saw 7 a more uniform herd of cows, in their 

 general appearance and excellence, which latter quality 

 they daily prove in the milk they produce. * * Com- 

 pared with ordinary dairy herds, the uniformity in yield 

 testifies to their purity of breeding and management." 



Col. Weld, who saw these cattle on exhibition at the 

 New York State Fair, held at Utica in 1879, said of them, 

 in the November number of the American Agriculturist ; 



"The cattle of this ' Cole-Holderness breed' are of 

 good size and fair form as beef animals. * * They 

 are deep-bodied, with large udders and teats, with excel- 

 lent escutcheons, great swollen and tortuous milk-veins 



